Hoof-pad.



F. W. OMAN.

HOOF PAD. v APPLICATION FILED FEB- 26, i916.

Patented May 23,1916.

Inventor Witnesses EXPMM Attorneys FRANK W. OMAN, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

floor-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed February 26, 1916. Serial No. 80,680.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. OMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Hoof-Pad, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a hoof pad adapted to be worn by horses and other draft animals.

The invention aims to provide a pad of the type described which will give an adequate hold upon the ground'and present a maximum surface of resilient material to the ground with a minimum amount of resilient material.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means for anchoring the pad proper to the base plate.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

WVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a top plan of the base plate; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the complete shoe; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2,

parts being broken away; Fig. 4 is a side elevation.

In carrying out the present invention ward each other as shown at 6, the lower surface of which is concaved upwardly as shown at 7 The under surfaces of the toe 3 and the heel 4 are scored as at 103. In the base plate 1 a plurality of openings 8 are formed, and the material freed in the formation of the openings 8 is struck downwardly to form angularly disposed tongues 9 and 10. The tongues 9 which lie adjacent the toe of the device are forwardly inclined, the remaining tongues being rearwardly inclined. Owing to this construction, the base plate 1 is given an unusually secure hold upon the pad 2, the pad ordinarily being securely vulcanized to the base plate. In the base plate 1 upon each side of the bridge 5, nail receiving openings 11 are formed. As Fig. 2 will clearly show, the heel 4 ordinarily extends entirely across the base plate 1, the toe 3 extending but part way across the base plate.

Mounted on top of the base plate 1 is a covering 101, preferably made of canvas or some other similar material. As clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the constituent material of the pad 2 is prolonged to form plugs extending through the openings 8 and vulcanized onto the covering 101.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is so constructed that the pad 2, while containing a minimum amount of material, will present an unusually effective and anti-slipping surface of the ground.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is In a device of'the class described, a base plate; and a resilient pad secured to the lower surface of the base plate, the pad comprising a toe, a heel, and a reduced bridge connecting the toe and the heel, the base plate being provided with nail receiving openings located at the sides of the bridge.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK W. OMAN.

Witnesses:

M. A. DEvINE, D. W. BRUINS.

Copies of this patentlmoy be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

